Vedanta, Tantra, Vipassana (or: Anatta 3)

The call I heard was clear:
“Lose self to find Self,
lose love to find Love.”

But how do you do it?
What’s your secret, friend,
to finding form within the void,
God within the form?

“Vedanta, tantra, vipassana:
methods for leaving method,
paths for ending path.”

But these are no secrets, friend,
and all their words and ways
keep falling into silence.

“Then listen, friend, just listen
deeply to the silence.”

Copyright © 2016 by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. This poem was first printed in Life and Legends: Journal of International Literature. July 1, 2016. Used with the permission of the author.